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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;charley, post: 7970484, member: 5372&quot;]The general thrust of your opinion is fine, although I think using a Machin&#039;s piece as an example is a bit of a Strawman.</p><p>A widely known piece such as a Machin&#039;s, identified as such, and widely known historically, is not the a deleterious impact. It is the pieces, contemporary or not, that are counterfeit and are purchased not only because a collector wants it as an example for study, but is purchased for the purpose of re-selling to the unsuspecting. It is a daily and continuing occurrence at dealer B&amp;M stores and at shows that persons try to sell it to a dealer....not because the person is trying to scam the dealer, but because the person does not know it is counterfeit.</p><p><br /></p><p>A sideline comment concerning Machin&#039;s Mills pieces: would you be able to identify if it is an Atlee piece, or a Bailey/Brasher piece, or a British made George III counterfeit, or a genuine British halfpence? Sort of buying a counterfeit for a counterfeit.....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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